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We have designed a small program that allows you to import image files like JPEG and PNG and convert them into usable icon files for Configuration Manager Software Catalog Applications, websites or custom-designed programs. We have had a few people suggesting that this tool is useless for creating desktop shortcut icons – its NOT designed for this, so please do …
Misty Iconverter Read MoreImgburn is a great tool for burning CD & DVD’s and also to capture ISO’s from media. This tool is free to download from: ImgBurn Download If you wish to have this tool in your Software Catalog as an Application, or maybe installed during your OSD task sequences, you can by doing the following: Create an application with the source …
ImgBurn – Configuration Manager Software Catalog Entry Read MoreIf you have a requirement to create USB media for custom images and task sequences on a stand-alone USB stick, sometimes it can be a real pain to get the setup correct. Our custom images are quick large so I had purchased some large USB sticks to fit everything on, including our huge library of drivers to cover all of …
Create Configuration Manager 2012 Stand Alone Task Media USB Sticks Read MoreI recently have had some issues with machines not PXE booting for me to be able to deploy an image to new machines. I couldn’t quite figure it out as all of our worldwide sites were working perfectly and the office I was working at was also working in one part of the building but not the other. I spoke …
PXE Boot problems during SCCM OSD Read MoreWe have recently allowed a few more people to utilise some of the functionality that the SCCM Console offers and installed the console onto their machines (albeit with heavily restricted permissions and they have to pass a training session first!!). However, a few of the machines were receiving the error that they could not connect to the SCCM database as …
SCCM Console not connecting to the database Read MoreAs stated in my previous post, I have been asked recently about installing Endpoint Protection (SCEP) during the SCCM OSD process. This is pretty easy to do and the knock on affect is that you also can have SCEP available to install from your Software Catalog. To prepare the SCEP software for deployment in your OSD task sequence and also …
Install System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) During SCCM OSD Task Sequence Process Read More]I’ve had a few requests recently asking whether it is possible to install System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) during the task sequence for an operating system deployment. I’ve also been asked if it is possible to put SCEP into the Software Catalog. Well, the answer to both questions is yes and I’ll be breaking the solution down into two blog …
Install System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) using the SCCM Software Catalog Read MoreIf you have a Software Center in your SCCM environment, you will want it to look as professional as possible. There are a number of ways to do this, one is to add your corporate name, setup your customise colours, but to top it all off, you can add an icon to each application. There are a few ways that …
How to add an icon to your SCCM Software Catalog Applications Read MoreI had been given a task to build a Software Catalog application where Outlook must be closed to allow the successful installation of the software. We had previously just packaged the software and made it available to the Software Catalog with a message stating that users must first shut down Outlook before attempting to run the installation. However, like …
SCCM Global Condition Setup Read MoreI have been working on a method to send our helpdesk an email notification when an OSD task sequence has completed. I started by looking into using the Status Filters and Powershell but this didn’t seem to work well enough for what I wanted to do, which was to create a fancy looking email by using HTML for the outputed …
Email Notification at the end of a SCCM OSD Task Sequence Read MoreWith the release of CU1 for System Center, you will notice that your Configuration Manager clients version will have changed to 5.00.7804.1202 from 5.00.7804.1000 If you would like to identify which of your clients have updated to the new version, you can use the query below: select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID, SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType, SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name, SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier, SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup, SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_SMS_ADVANCED_CLIENT_STATE on SMS_G_System_SMS_ADVANCED_CLIENT_STATE.ResourceId …
SCCM 2012 SP1 CU1 Client Version Queries Read MoreI have had a few requests lately about how to turn off the automatic updates for the Java client on users machines. There are a number of ways you can do this if you are pushing it out via Configuration Manager (or making it available via your Software Catalog) but my personal preference is to use an old Microsoft MSI …
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